Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  M 68  ·  NGC 4590
M68, Jan Scheers
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Image of Messier 68, a globular cluster in Hydra

M68 is centred about 33,600 light-years away from Earth. It is orbiting our galaxy's galactic bulge with a great eccentricity of 0.5. This takes it to 100,000 light years from the center.
It is one of the most metal-poor globular clusters, which means it has a paucity of elements other than hydrogen and helium.

Image was acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL09000 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time: 160 minutes
LRGB 4 subs of 600s with each filter.
FOV 32' x 32' (0.68"/px)

Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI & Franzis Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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M68, Jan Scheers